1. SPECIES BANKS DATABASES Elena Pérez Iniesta epiniesta@ma-rjb.csic.es GBIF- Spain Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid

2. SPECIES BANKS DATABASES: Type of site Table 1. Summary statistics regarding 234 of the 298 web resources in the URL compilation. Type of SiteN% Static (HTML) pages11348.3 Dynamic databases12151.7 Dynamic databases -- Sites which Dynamic databases -- Sites which use a database from which are generated different views of the data such as HTML pages Collection of Static Databases -- Sites which are simply a set of HTML pages, probably edited by hand

3. Dynamic databases

4. Static Pages

5. SPECIES BANKS DATABASES: Type of system Data warehouse (Sites which store all of the data from different sources in a central location ). Web Service (Sites which act as a portal through which information is brought from many resources in answer to the user’s query ). Redirecting links (Sites which provide links to a set of other resources by redirection to those web sites or by dynamic queries of their data ). Type of SiteN% Data warehouse18781.6 Web services model3515.3 Redirecting links73.0 Table 2. Summary statistics regarding 229 of the 298 web resources in the URL compilation.

6. Data Warehouse

7. Network

8. Web services model

9. SPECIES BANKS DATABASES: Type of Website Standalone database (Created by a project or institution). Collaborative project (Created by a collaborative effort among several institutions/individuals). Distributed System (existing as an interaction among different databases at different websites via a common web distributor ). Table 3. Summary statistics regarding 230 of the 298 web resources in the URLcompilation. Type of SiteN% Standalone database16471.3 Collaborative project4419.2 Distributed system229.6

10. Standalone databases

11. Collaborative project

12. Distributed System Conabio NISbase

13. SPECIES BANKS DATABASES: Additional information Table 4. Summary statistics regarding the 243 species data resources that include more than taxonomic information. Type of InformationN% Molecular data 187.4 Identification key(s) 145.8 Images 12752.3 Photo gallery 17/12713.4 Image search 4/1273.1 Sound files 75.5 Video files 43.2 Distribution data 11647.7

14. Additional information: Molecular data

15. Additional information: Keys

16. Additional information: Image files (Photo Gallery, Image Search)

17. Additional information: Sounds

18. Additional information: Distributions

19. Basic scientific name information URLAuthorPublication dateNomencl. Ref. Type Additional information 51.4 %38.7 %19 %11 % General40.3 %30.9 %16 %8.2 % Table 5. Comparison of percentages of sites providing information in addition to basic taxonomy between the total number included in the general “white database of species banks” and the 243 that do provide some sort of additional information (see Table 4).

20. Last update LAST UPDATEN% Last month2417.2 Last six months2215.7 Last year4330.7 Last two years1812.8 Last three years1410 Last four years32.2 Last five- ten years1611.42 TOTAL URL- Last update14047 TOTAL URL298 Table 6. Percentage of sites in several time categories among the 140 sites that have an explicit indication of recency of the last update.

21. Users There is a correlation not only between the type of organisation that maintains a species bank and the class of intended users of that species bank, but also between the class of intended users and the longevity of the site. 1.National parks, zoos, museums and citizen-groups mount websites intended for the general public. 2.Sites aimed at amateur enthusiast audiences generally are maintained by NGOs, museums and zoos. 3.Universities, research centres and government institutions tend to design and maintain sites aimed at scientists and higher-level students. These are the sites with greatest longevity.